now "good morning maryland." the protesters were occupy has been camping out here for weeks. i am linda so, why the city says it's time for them to go. what do you do with an oppressive amount of student loan debt and no job? that's the decision for millions getting out of school. and washington want to get involved. slavery or one animal rights group thinks it's going too far. peta's latest lawsuit on this wednesday october 26th. good morning. i am charley crowson. we have reached the midweek of your workweek so let's check the forecast. things could be changing. i am going to let lynette charles the happiest person on morning television break the news. >> changes charley. >> you've been singing and dancing all morning. >> you have got to. it's good news. the fact is we are dry this morning and then as we go into the afternoon we will see changes.

still mild but, we will get increasing clouds going throughout the day. late day showers are possible and showers more likely on thursday and then it gets cold by the weekend. and maryland's most powerful radar is dry right now. we like that. get out and do your errand early because the showers could be rolling in across the area. westminster temperature right now 51 degrees. and we are looking at more of the same as we head into woodbine with the temperature coming in around 47 degrees. this morning, take the jacket with you. and take the rain gear for later. let's go over to tanya with traffic. aren't you in good mood. >> reporter: but we want what you had for breakfast so we can be happy and awake as well. we are doing okay for the most part. let's look live at our traffic cameras out there. on the southwest side, this is the outer loop. moving well through catonsville at frederick road. no issues to report. checking top side of the beltway at harford road between parkville and towson we are doing okay. this is the outer loop moving

away from the camera. let's hope don't forget the drive times are doing all right because it's so early and the traffic is so light. 83 is fine and shawan to the beltway five times. 95 southbound out of the white marsh 6 minute. outer loop bel air to providence6 minutes and 7 minutes between 795 and 70. the city is giving protesters with the occupy baltimore movement a deadline to clear out. and linda so is live downtown with the very latest on what protesters are doing over the past several hours, linda, more people seem to be getting up and moving around and i see more flags behind you a little more activity. >> reporter: yeah, and they didn't adhere to those restrictions at that midnight deadline. city says it's illegal for them to be in the plaza after midnight because it's close tovisitors. they kept the tents up and slept overnight. over night we have people staying here like they have been for the past three weeks. people over there playing video games and people on their cell

phones texting and the computers over here. and just to tell us more about what's going on in this latest deadline from the city. you have been here for a long time. and you guys got this dead behind for the city do you plan to leave? >> no. i don't think it's time yet. >> reporter: what is your plan if the city enforces this and they start with arrest? >> well, that's something that we will discuss in the general assembly when the time right. >> reporter: speaking to one of the ladies they plan to stay here until the job is done what is the job you are talking about? >> the job and you know all the issues we are dealing with, we discuss in the general assembly every night at 8 p.m. and you know then we figure out what to do from there. >> reporter: and how long have you been here? >> i've been here since the first day. >> reporter: and why are you here? >> i am here because things

just aren't working right now. and i feel that way and you know i think that it seems like a lot of people feel that way now too. >> reporter: and it looks from the things you guys have set up here i mean this is you have everything you need all the tents tents with the food and tents where people sleep a port- and potty and how long do you think this is going to last? >> well, people have been really wonderful in all the donations coming in, and i would like to thank everyone in baltimore and outside baltimore who has shown their support and you know we will stay here as long as we can with everyone's continued support. >> reporter: wonderful. you heard her say they don't plan to leave but the city gave the deadline midnight that they wanted the people out of here overnight because they say it's little legal to be here. live in downtown baltimore, linda so, abc2 news. >> hey, you with me i am know

in the first half-hour we talked about the social media aspect of it. i was down there at 3:30 shooting fresh video for us. saw some guys down there on their million ac books and lap tops. what are they doing with that and moreover they may be using it for a social media aspect but there's a 32 inch led-tv and they are playing a play station station i mean we asked about that earlier and they said it's just to how they let the time go by. obviously they are here all day, all night and that's how they spend their time. they say they are not against having fun. so this is how they are spending their night just staying warm and playing video games with each other and as far as laptop they say they stay connected. they are about social media and this generation is about social media and they are staying connected with what's going on in california, protests getting heated in oakland california, that's what they are watching right now as we speak. so that is why they say they have the things out here. charley. >> all right.

thanks a lot. i guess they can thank corporate america for that and madden for nfl football 2012. moving to atlanta. protesters were booted from thecamp site. officers order people to leave and police moved in. less than 24 hours, after the city's mayor decided to revoke the order allowing protesters to came out in the park. some demonstrators they left willingly and others they ended up being carried off in handcuffs. your mom wasn't there? >> i don't -- shall she is gone and i miss her so much. >> the 5-year-old girl in ohio decided to start her search party when she couldn't find her home. emeal yeah waited home for more than three hours before grabbing the car keys. the 5-year-old was able to turn the car off put it in reverse but then got stuck in a neighbor's yard. that's when she called 911 and police say her mom had been taken to an er earlier that day

and mom says she told her dad emeal yeah's dad to pick her up after school but he says he never got the phone call. all kinds of strange things washing up on a beach but this is probably one you have never seen. an 8-foot tall lego man. the man walking on the beach near siesta key village spotted this guy or big guy if you will. no real than you written on the front of the lego lendar -- leonard on its back. that's the name of the artist who makes the guys but no one know why he is in or around the water a if it is on purpose or has a purpose. other leg yeomen have appeared on beaches one in holland in 2007 and england one year later. well unusual sight and more unusual place. while waiting to see the morning light, you will see the northern lights. we will tell you where coming up. and if you want to own a piece of harry potter, maybe those movies, all of them, you better get a move on it. why they are going becoming

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maryland." a rare and beautiful flight show a-- height show across the eastern part of the country. people as far south as georgia and arkansas were recorded video taking pictures of the northern lights. scientists say the green and red hughes happen when chargeed particles from the solar storms hit the earth's atmosphere. always good to see this. lynette, but, as far south as arkansas this was seen? >>i know. >> that's amazing. >> it's amazing. it's rare and usually it stays into the northern states and northern tier states. i never seen anything like that. so one day hopefully i will. but maryland's most powerful radar is dry as of now. so, errands to run, do it this morning. we can see the line of showers that will charge our way and we could be getting some of the showers going into the afternoon. increasing clouds going through the rest of the day. temperatures right now in joppa around 51. colder into the northeast at around 44 and arnold 54. so yes, you need the jacket as you go through the morning.

temperatures in the afternoon coming in right around 70. with once again some showers in the forecast. let's go over to tanya with your traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. offutt at liberty road a carversous a deer. slow down and be careful. there are lots of deer on the road. that accident was in front of a police station and there was help nearby. that is live look at the beltway on northwest side south of 795. traffic flowing freely andn both directions. no incidents to report. 95 north of white marsh boulevard we have volume building in both directions. southbound is to the right of the screen making its way through rossville to the beltway and through rosedale. no issues to report here as well. back to you. if you are a harry potter fan, move quickly if you want hard copies of the films. the franchise will disappear from store shelves effective december 29th. harry potter and the deathly halos part 2 is due out november 11th and six weeks later the whole thing will be

gone. time for the another bye for cairns dancing with the stars. for one couple the show will not go on. >> chaz and lacey. >> chaz and his partner made it through six weeks of the competition before -- competition before getting the news the show was over and he says he is sad to go but while it's sad he doesn't consider it bad news. >> aid joy i have in this -- it's a choy i have in this -- i this experience it's truly a life change experience. >> it will be a halloween themed week here monday at 8 on abc2. can an animal be considered a slave? peta says yes and they are take the case to court many we will tell you what it is they are arguing. that's straight ahead this morning. plus. >> reporter: a new plan out of washington to help student get out of mounting debt. i will explain coming up. at usaa, we believe honor is not

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now "good morning maryland." >> the amount of student loan debt in the country is now surpassed the credit card debt. the amount is at under 950 billion dollars and today, president obama will announce a plan to ease that burden for

millions of americans. the adid -- corinne redman is here to tell us what he plans to do. >> reporter: the president announced the accelerated pay as you earn which can benefit 1.6 billion borrowers and reduce payments. college students owe $950 billion in student loans that's more than the entire credit card debt in the country. many college students say the debt is so bad they are forced to move back home with mom and dad. the recent survey of this year's college graduates reveals that 85% of them will be moving back home. 5.7 million young adults from ages 25 to 34 now live at home. and that's up 25% in the last four years. two issues causing the debt tuition is spike and new graduates are unable to find work. >> you are seeing this tremendous debt weighing down the young people especially in the economy like this where so many of them are having trouble getting on the first steps of the escalator and beginning a

career. >> who doesn't want the american dream and i am not talking about living in a mansionwe all just want a nice paying job to pay our bills. >> reporter: now white house officials say they would be redirecting projecting savings to provide the no cost benefits to graduates buried in debt. corinne redman, abc2 news. in democracy 2012 news texas governor perry unveiled a sweeping economic plan that he says he will try to implement if elected president. it features a 20% tax and gives taxpayers an option of sticking with the current rates. the plan was releaseded under a cloud of controversy. perry side stepped a reporter'question about whether or not he believes barack obama is born in the u.s. but says he will if he is releases his birth certificate. he said he will if asked. ribbing per-- governor perry's dropped to 5th place in

the nomination race. cain continues to lead the pack at 25% of the vote. and 4 points ahead of mitt romney and within the degree of error. perry is 6% half of what he received earlier this month. today peta will fie a lawsuit against sea world accusing them of keeping whales that violate the 13 amendment ban on slavery saying the 13th amendment does in the only specify that it is humans but it can apply to any one or anything. lynette. all right. thanks, charley. we will talk about what's going on for today. and some of you might like it and some of you might not. let's check out the numbers. we should be around 42 degrees for a low this time of the yearch the record was set in 1952 -- year. the record was set in 1952. the high 64. the record high was set in 1978. it was 81. our low this morning, well above average. we are looking at 50s

everywhere. and our highs yesterday well above average once again close to 70. 68 in baltimore and 66 over in easton. and the satellite and radar right now not picking up on a lot in terms of rain. but we are starting to see more cloud cover across the area. and that's the scenario as we go through the remainder of today. we have the cold front back toward the west here. that's going to be sliding on in here and it's going to accompany showers as we go into the afternoon. high pressure sliding off thecoast allowing for the milder air to get in here. i am forecasting around 70 for today. and speak of the milder warm air, we are going to the tropics because we have cur hip rina moving to the west at 4 miles an hour -- hurricane rina moving to the west at 4 miles an hour. it's category 2 right now and could be a category 3 approaching the yucatan peninsula. cozumel, cancun impacted on that. and also we could see portions of florida being impacted as well as the days go on. look at future -- looking at future radar, we will see the

rain in here really as we go into tomorrow. today, the temperature right around 70 degrees. by tonight, we are looking at 54. rain chances moving in better chances as we go into late and then by tomorrow the temperature will be right around 63 degrees. rain likely and it will be cooler. >> reporter: 50 west at the bay bridge we have a broken down car off atth road at liberty. an accident war car hit a deer so be careful out there. that is live look at the beltway near 795. volume is building in both directions on the outer loop, you are starting to get the congestion between liberty and edmonton. 95 at fort mchenry tunnel. southbound traffic is coming out of the tunnel. and no problems to report. harbor tunnel is moving well also. charley. john edwards heads to court. what happens today could determine whether or not he is off the hook. details straight ahead. plus, it was a dream now a

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glr's watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland." the city says it is time for these protesters to leave. i am land so. what it means for the occupy baltimore movement. attorneys for john huguely wants access to yeardley love's medical report. canteloupes are off the shelves but the death toll continues to rise. on this wednesday, october 26th good morning. i am charley crowson. let's get started with the midweek forecast-say hello, to lynn qhettette charles in for -- lynette charles in for justin berk and always mile watch. lynette. >> you know the little we need that thing that pinning. >> we need a pinning. yes. >> all right. so check out